S40 crash damage & lights poor

[StatusRed]

Always a shame to see one of our cars trashed! I have to say it looks like the frame stood up rather well though, solid! Glad you're OK.

[LizardOfBodom]

Originally Posted by krispyKreme

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id like another s40 but it has got to have xenon/HID headlights so is there a chart/list anywhere to look up which year/model of s40/v50 cars come with factory fitted xenon lights ? it would save me so much time on autotrader/gumtree/facebook etc if i can narrow down exactly what model/year to hunt for , thanks for any help
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Xenons were an option through whole P1 year production, so any car from 2005-2012 can actually have them if it was upgraded in factory. Just look for Xenons / HID / Zenons () words in description, not sure what else to advice.

To spot the factory Xenon car from a distance, look for the following:
- will have headlamp washers
- will NOT have headlamp levelling dial in the cabin on the lights/foglights switch panel
- on both pre FL and FL models xenon headlamps have a faint but distinctive blueish beziel that makes it different from halogen ones even with lights off. Once you spot it, you will know exactly what to look for.

Only FL cars were equipped in ABL (active bending light) xenon types so on 2005-2008 you can only get "normal" ones regardless how hard you look.

good luck with search - unfortunately xenon cars are much harder to come by then H ones...

[krispyKreme]

what do you mean FL models ? thanks so much for all the help,

ps saw an ad for a v50 with xenons it says..The car does smoke slightly on cold start but clears within two minutes once warmed up.

what do you think about that issue ? cheers

Originally Posted by LizardOfBodom

Xenons were an option through whole P1 year production, so any car from 2005-2012 can actually have them if it was upgraded in factory. Just look for Xenons / HID / Zenons () words in description, not sure what else to advice.

To spot the factory Xenon car from a distance, look for the following:
- will have headlamp washers
- will NOT have headlamp levelling dial in the cabin on the lights/foglights switch panel
- on both pre FL and FL models xenon headlamps have a faint but distinctive blueish beziel that makes it different from halogen ones even with lights off. Once you spot it, you will know exactly what to look for.

Only FL cars were equipped in ABL (active bending light) xenon types so on 2005-2008 you can only get "normal" ones regardless how hard you look.

good luck with search - unfortunately xenon cars are much harder to come by then H ones...

[StatusRed]

Originally Posted by krispyKreme

what do you mean FL models ? thanks so much for all the help,

ps saw an ad for a v50 with xenons it says..The car does smoke slightly on cold start but clears within two minutes once warmed up.

what do you think about that issue ? cheers

FL = Face lift, post 2007/2008 cars.